Channel: Living Web Farms

Category: Education

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Description: Introducing the Waste Not Wood Ash workshop series where the Living Web Farms biochar crew takes a deep dive into understanding applications for one of our most common everyday waste products. As we deal with ashes from the last wood stove season and prepare for the next, discover practical everyday uses for wood ashes you can use year round. We’ll also explore the science of how and why wood ashes work in the garden, as an ingredient for natural soap making, or even as an ingredient in natural building materials. In part 1, Dan begins by filling in some of the gaps in wood ash research and sifting through some of the more and less useful info found on the internet. If you have more clever ideas about how you use wood ashes around the farm and homestead, please share them in the comments below. Dan also wrote a detailed post about wood ash in the Living Web Farms blog you can read here. livingwebfarms.org/waste-not-wood-ashes You can also find the handout for the workshop on our website here. livingwebfarms.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Wood-Ashes-handout.pdf